A retrospective study found that combining a thymoma with a three-millimeter rim of surrounding tissue on CT scans improved ...

For decades, the logic behind one of the most counterintuitive procedures in neurology has rested on a simple premise: remove the thymus — the gland where the immune cells driving myasthenia gravis ...

A new commentary on efgartigimod in generalized myasthenia gravis warns that post-operative myasthenic crisis is too often ...

Surgery to remove the thymus gland in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), a rare autoimmune disease affecting neuromuscular function, provides significant clinical benefits for as long as five years ...

In patients with myasthenia gravis, the surgical removal of the thymus gland, called thymectomy, added "quality adjusted life years" to patients and was also cost-effective in comparison to ...

The patient in this case experienced significant muscle weakness after emerging from anesthesia. A patient who emerged from general anesthesia with upper and lower extremity weakness caused worry ...

OTTAWA — Established treatments such as thymectomy and steroids remain mainstays in the management of myasthenia gravis (MG), according to a presentation at the Canadian Neurological Sciences ...

Myasthenia gravis (MG) or its treatments may lead to urinary symptoms. Studies suggest a link between overactive bladder symptoms and a common MG medication called pyridostigmine. Urinary symptoms in ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Surgery to remove the thymus gland in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), a rare autoimmune disease affecting neuromuscular function, provides significant clinical benefits for as ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – In patients with myasthenia gravis, the surgical removal of the thymus gland, called thymectomy, added ‘quality adjusted life years’ to patients and was also cost-effective in ...